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From GSE to GSL: Developing a Global Scale of Language Competence

Project overview

The main goal of this secondment is to strengthen research and enterprise links with Pearson plc, especially with the Pearson English unit.

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Ying Zheng PhD

Professor
Research interests
  • Psychometrics and test validation; Human scoring vs. machine scoring; Statistics in applied l…
  • Mandarin exams in the UK school system, including A-Level and GCSE exams; Mandarin Chinese te…
  • Learner motivation and language teaching pedagogy; ESL/EFL learner characteristics and test p…
Connect with Ying

Email: Ying.Zheng@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Extending the Global Sale of English (GSE) to the Global Scale of Languages (GSL) : Part 2 - aligning German Learning Objectives to the GSL
Ying Zheng, Catherine Doyle, David Booth & Mike Mayor, 2023
Type: report
Extending the Global Scale of English (GSE) to the Global Scale of Languages (GSL): Part 1 - aligning Spanish learning objectives to the GSL
Ying Zheng, Catherine Doyle, David Booth & Mike Mayor, 2023
Type: report